Machine for wiring pails



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MACHINE FOR WIRING FAILS.

No. 314,698. Patented'I/Iar. 31, 1885.

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No. 314,698. Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,698, dated March31, 1885.

Application filed February 10, 1885. (N0 model.)

1' 0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MANN, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Machines for Wiring Pails; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof,

My invention relates to machines for wiring pails, and will be fullydescribed hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of my invention. Fig. 2 is aplan View. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the wires. Fig. 4 is a detailsection on the line or a: of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a detail of the frontof the machine.

A is the frame of the machine.

B is a shaft that is journaled in the frame and carries a metal chuck,B, on one end, and a pulley, B between its bearings.

Ois a shaft that is also journaled in the frame, and which lies parallelwith shaft B and about on line with it. This shaftGcarries two pulleys,O and C The former, which is preferably of wood, is for engagement withpulley B on shaft B, and the latter to take a The shaft 0 has a slightlateral play in its bearing 0, and its front bearing, c',passes betweentwo plates, (1 cl, in a housing, D, in a front beam of the frame-work,and these plates are held up to the bearing 0 by set-bolts f, that allowthe bearing sufficient play to permit the throwing of the pulley O inand out of contact with the pulley B Just above shaft B still anothershaft is arranged, (marked F,) the rear end of which is j ournaled in aswinging bearing, F, and its front in a loop, 9, of a coiled spring, G,that is suspended from .the ceiling of the room that contains themachine, and below the loop 9 the wire of the spring extends down to atreadle, H, to which it is secured.

H is a former that is secured on that por tion of the shaft F thatextends out over the chuck B. This former may be in two pieces, as shownin the drawings, or in but one piece; but in either case an annularchannel, h, is left in its center to receive a band, K, that is clampedabout the pail L to hold it in shape before it is encircled by the wireL. The front end of shaft 0 projects slightly beyond the bearing 0 toenter between the tines of a fork, M, that projects up at right anglesfrom a lever, M, as shown in Fig. 5. This lever M is pivoted at n to theframe A, and its handle or long arm is supported by a spring, n, theupper end of which is attached to the frame at n The operation of mydevice is as follows: The former H is held out of contact with the chuckB by the spring G, and the pulleys O and B are held out of contact bythe spring a and lever M. A pail is put together with its bottom inplace and a band, K, about it, and is then slipped onto the chuck, asshown in Fig. l. The bentend of a wire, L, is then driven into each ofthe grooves of the pail just in front of the former H. The treadle H isdepressed so as to draw the former down onto the pail, and after whichthe handle of the lever M is depressed so as to draw the pulley G intocontact with pulley B This latter action starts the shaft B and itschuck, which latter, revolving under former H, causes the latter todepress the wires L into the groovesprepared for them in the pail, asshown in Fig. 4:, and clinch their bent ends against the chuck. Onerevolution of the chuck is sufficient to wire a pail, and thereforeafter each revolution the treadle H is released to permit the spring Gto lift the former H out of contact with the pail and high enough to letthe bandK pass out under it, and then the lever M is released to permitit to throw the pulleys B and C out of contact, and the wired pail canthen be removed.

My machine is adapted for placing any number of wires on a pail at onetime, and may be adapted to wiring pails of various sizes, as

.the chuck B may be removed and a larger or smaller one substituted forit.

My device is not to be confined in its use to the wiring of pails alone,as it will be found equally of service in Wiring all kinds ofcylindrical packages.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine for wiring pails, a shaft carrying a pail-chuck,mechanism connecting it with a source of power, and another shaft ICOsuspended over it and carrying a former for In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I forcing the wire into the pail as it is revolved havehereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in under it by the chuck, as setforth. the county of Milwaukee andState of Wiscon- 2. The combination,with shaft B and its sin, in the presence of two Witnesses. 5 chuck,ofthe shaftF and its former, the springhanger, and treadle, as set forth.HENRY MANN.

3. The combination, with shaft B and its pulley and former, of the shaft0, having a Witnesses:

movable front bearing, a lever, M, and its S. S. STOUT," :0 spring n, asset forth. I H. G. UNDERWOOD.

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